I wrote up a non-disclosure agreement contract for the investor to sign.

Yes, banks will let you do an inspection, and will negotiate over non-obvious problems.

Worse is the Fannie Mae executive that Obama just fired for his favored treatment as a Mozillo "friend".

The more people you know, even non-prospects, the more chances you have to receive referrals and the more business you will have.

I have formed several LLC's for non-real estate ventures over the last few years myself.

I currently work directly with a buyer that specializes in purchasing REOs in bulk, NPNs (non-performing notes), and UPB (unpaid principle balance).

On multi-family properties, you usually avoid a lot of headaches by just having quarterly treatments routinely.

Sometimes a non-savvy closer will think you are a vulture and not want to help you close your deal.

By having the bill come to me, I know as soon as it can be known that water was overused and I have control of the payments and prevented liens from non-payment.A midway approach I have seen attempted (mostly with great pain) is to have the bills come to you, but make the tenant responsible as per the lease.

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